The Supremes Strike Again

What with the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on campaign money, it’s time to bring back the Billionaires Club. I’ve changed the perspective a bit. Instead of passively watching the scene between we the peeps and our wealthy citizens as I’ve drawn it in the past, we are now part of it. We’re looking up at the billionaires as they’ve been officially elevated by SCOTUS.

Chief Conservative John Roberts said in his opinion, "There is no right more basic in our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders." I changed it for my cartoon caption to reflect what this ruling is really saying. If anyone needs a reason to vote for anyone other than a conservative in the presidential election in 2016, it is the fervent hope that the next president will replace aging and dying right wingers on the highest court in the land. I was hoping (there’s that word again) that President Obama might be able to nominate someone to replace a retiring conservative justice, but it looks like they'll live forever.

However, cheer up, progressives and moderates, don't lose faith. There are plenty of like-minded zillionaires on our side, but any attempt to control the vast amounts of money perverting our federal elections has been killed for now.